The Penn's Grove record., 1887-08-27

The PennS Grove Record
ANryDEPENDENT LOCAL NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY BY
SUMMERlLL & SUMMERiLL,
Editors and Propuetors
SATURDAY, AUGUST, p, 1887.
The independent Democrats have en-
dorsed the the straight Republican
Ticket in Maryland with The hopes ut
reforming their old associates from the
control of the State.
Tie anti-prohibitiun Republicans OF
Iowa are nomination independent cam
candidates for the legislature TO sup
port all the Republican principles eN-
cept prohibition.
A. l.. Ka:,s, it is said, will resume
editorship OF The Woodstown Register
next month and sell the SVedesboro
Times which he now publishes w.
L. Taylor, who leaves the Register
will probably accept a position on the
Philadelphia Record.
The discontinued ones Of all parties
and also the Socialists voted for Henry
George for Mayor Of New York last
fall. Since lie has repudiated the Soc
ialists they have held "A large entlus-
iastic meeting and now denounce
George and his platform.
Mrs. Cleveland is a lady Of fortune
as well as a fortunate lady. Congress
man McShane, of Nebraska, is au'
thority for the statement that the pres
ent valuation of the Omaha property
in which the Presidents wife and her
mother have each an eighth interest
is $780, 900.
This country is generally big enough
to make up for deficiency of crops in
one section by an abundant harvest
somewhere else, and accordingly we
are not surprised to learn that the can
ners of small fruits on the Pacific
slope are prepared to make fortunes
over the failure of their brethren in
the East to get full supplies Of mater
ials.
The time allotted for the redemption
of trade dollars will expire on the I'd
of the next month. The amount re-
deemed up to date is a little over 81
400, 900. Tie number of the dollars
estimated to be held in this country
by the Director of the Mint was -
036, 900. and the slight excess in re-
demptions is accounted for by impor-
tations from China and Japan.
Governor Beaver, of Pennsylvania,
has issued a proclamation commencing
to all the people of That State the OBJ
servance of the 10Th, 10Th and 18th Of
September the days set apart for the
commemoration of the Centennial an
niversary Of the signing of the FEEDER
al Constitution, and also recommend
ing the hearty cooperation of manu-
facturers to make the industrial dis
play worthy of the occasion.
There is no reason why New York
ers should not be well informed "a to
what is going on in the world, for, ac-
cording to the Newsman, there are $50
publications in that city. The follow
inc is the list: Daily morning papers.
21; Daily evening papers, 10; semi
weeklies papers, I; weekly papers, 2l6;
bi-weekly Papers, y; semi-monthly
papers, 20; monthly papers, 16S; BIZ
monthly publications, 4; quarterly pub
LEGATIONS. p. Total, $50
The starting of the american par
tyr on the old principles of the Know
nothing Party of 1854, which is out
lined in another column, will never
amount 20 much as too many for
eign born citizens have votes. We are
all foreigners of only IA few generations
birth so why should we dPnounee the
poor able bodied foreigners ior trying
to better their condition by coming to
this country the same as III forefath-
ers did u hundred years or 50 ago?
!
Mr.. ETastus Wlman, the Staten Is
land House capitalist, it is said bought
the laIge and famous steamship Great
Eastern. The price agreed upon is
rumored to be not far from 500, 600.
Those who are acquainted with the
facts, say that Mr.. Wiman is to bring
the leviatham oyer to New York and
anchor her near Staten Island. The
Great Eastern is then to be turned in
to "a monster place of amusement and
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